Combined sash-fastener and shade-support.



No. 706,456; Patented Aug. 5, I902. E. A. SACKET.

couamso sAsH FASTENER AND SHADE SUPPORT.

(Application filed Apr.'15, 1901. Ignored Apr. 14, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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EDWARD ALEXANDER SAOKET, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOJOHN OURRAN ANDERSON, OFTELLURIDE, COLORADO.

COMBINED SASH-FASTENEHR AN SHADE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPaten t N0. 706,45 6, dated August5, 1902. Application filed April 15, 1901. Renewed April 14, 1902.Serial No- 102,780. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD ALEXAND R 'SACKET, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residclass of window-sash. attachments in which the verticalrods are connected with the slidable upper sash and pass through clampson the slidable lower sash.

The improvements consist in the construc tion and combination of partswhereby the rods are adapted for convenient attachment to and detachmentfrom the sockets and,

clamps appliedto the respective sashes and whereby they are adapted forreceiving and supporting a window-shade roll, as hereinafter described,and shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichtion applied to slidablewindow-sashes. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. a plan View ofthe inner side of the socket to which the sash adjusting and fasteningrods are attached.- Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4 4 ofFig. 3. Fig. 5 includes a side view and face view of the head of one ofthe aforesaid rods. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the outer side or face ofthe socket shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail View of thescrew-clamp and a portion of the sashrod. Fig. 8 is a cross-section ofthe same parts shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a horizontal section on theline 9 9 of Fig. 7.

Referring, in the first instance, to Figs. 1 and 2, :1: indicates alower slidable sash, and y an upper slidable sash, z ashade-roller, andz a shade attached thereto. A rod 1 is applied vertically on each sideof the sashes m y and detachably connected therewith by means'of asocket 2 and clamp 11 The socket is secured by screws to the upper sashand the clamp 11 to the lower sash 00, near the upper end of the same.The rod 1 is provided near its upper end with a lateral arm 4, which isconstructed with a head 6, adapted to engage the socket 2, as shown inFig. 2. As shown in Fig. 5, the head 6 is formed with a cylindricaltenon having diametrically opposite lugs 7, and these are arranged orex-"tend at a slight angle to the body of the rod. The socket 2 is providedwith an opening 8 (see Figs. 3 and6) and adapted to receive the head 6of rod 4, as will be readily understood.

It will be noted, however, thatthe lateral recesses 8, which receive thelugs'7- of the rodhead6, are arranged vertically. It is thereforeapparent that in order to enter or engage the head 6 of the rod 4 withthes'ocket 2 the rod must be held at an angle (see dotted lines 9', Fig.6) and that when the lugs have passed into the recesses 8 in socket 2the rod may then be turned to a vertical position, (see dotted lines 10,Fig. 6,) whereby the lugs 7 pass beneath the flanges ofithesoc-ket. Onthe other hand, it will be seen from Fig. 2 that to detach the rod 1this operation must be reversed-that is to say, the rod must be turnedto the position indicated by dotted lines 9 in Fig. 6. v When the rod 1swings to a'vertical Figure 1 is a face view showing my inven-lposition, as indicatedby dotted lines, Fig. 6, and full lines, Fig. 2,it will pass into engagement with the clamp 11. r In order to hold therod securely without allowing any lateralor other motion in the socket2, I provide the latter with opposite inclines of cam-surfaces, (seeFigs..3 and 4,) with which the lugs 7 of the rod-head 6 engage when therod is rotated from the'posi- -tion 9 to 10, Fig. 6. In other words,.bysuch engagement the lugs 7 have a wedging action with the cam-surfaces12, so that the rod 1 is 8 5 rigidly secured.

The clamp 11 is a casting having an opening 13 in one side (see Fig. 8)whose mouth or entrance has less Width than the normal diameter of therod. The lower portion 1 of the rod 1 is, however, flattened or reduced,as shown in Fig. 7, to adapt it to enter the socket in the clamp 11, aswill be readily understood. It is further apparent that such engagementcan only takeplace when the 5 upper sash g has been pushed up to itsfull limit, as shown in Figs. land 2. -The rods 1 are clamped in anydesired vertical adjustment, the screw 11 forming a necessary part tothe lower end of each rod 1, as shown.

Each rod l'is extended at its upper end and of the clamp. A thumb-piece14 is applied I00 curved forward, forming a goose neck 15,

. which is provided with a socket adapted to receive one of the journalsof a shade-roller z. I thus combine in one device a means for adjustingand fastening a sash and supporting a shade-roller in due position.

' It will be seen that by loosening the screws 11 the rods 1 may be slidup or down, as required, to adjust the upper sash y higher or lower orto fasten the same closed when required. It is further apparent that bydrawing the rods 1 downward, and thereby lowering the upper sash y, thetwo sashes may be held or clamped securely togethenand thereby adjustedtogether as one either up or down, as may be desired, to admit'air atthe top or bottom of the window. In such case it is to be assumed thatthe sashes are balanced in the usual Way, or at least provided withmeans for supporting them at any required height.

' The screw-clamp proper is illustrated and described, but not claimedper se, in the joint ed for attachment to a slidable sash and a rodprovided with a goose neck or curved top portion having a socket forreception of the journal of the shade-roller, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. In a Window-sash attachment of the class specified,thecombination,with sockets adapted for attachment to the upper sash andclamps adapted for attachment to the lower sash, of rods which engagesaid sockets and clamps and are provided at their upper ends withforward extensions having sockets for reception of the journals of ashade-roller, substantially as shown and described.

EDWARD ALEXANDER SAOKET. Witnesses:

A. E. TEICHERT, M. H. MAYERS.

